Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Medicametrix Inc. currently manages 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This indicates that each pending matter is being reviewed by a different specialist in a different section of the patent office. The busiest examiner for the portfolio is SHAH, JAY B, who is responsible for 1 pending office action.
The involvement of 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's medical device innovations are diverse enough to trigger review by multiple specialized groups. With 2 distinct examiners, the company must manage separate prosecution tracks simultaneously. SHAH, JAY B handles a portion of the workload, reflecting an even distribution across the current examination staff. This variety in art units and examiners ensures that the 2 pending office actions are evaluated from different technical perspectives. SHAH, JAY B is responsible for 1 pending office action.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHAH, JAY B | 1 | 57.8% | +6.5% |
| MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 1 | 66.7% | +23.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18427093 | PROSTATE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM | SHAH, JAY B | 45d overdue |
| 18025718 | INFUSION SITE RETAINER FOR MAINTAINING INFUSION TUBING | MEDWAY, SCOTT J | — |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18025718 | INFUSION SITE RETAINER FOR MAINTAINING INFUSION TUBING | MEDWAY, SCOTT J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 1 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18427093 | PROSTATE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM | SHAH, JAY B | 3791 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 45d overdue | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 18025718 | INFUSION SITE RETAINER FOR MAINTAINING INFUSION TUBING | MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 3783 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2023 |
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